For dinner was a Thai Style Chicken with Basil. Prep for this was cutting up 1 red and yellow bell pepper, 1 fresno chili, 4 large cloves of garlic, and grating 1 1/2 inches of ginger. Cubbing 1 1/2 lbs of skinless boneless chicken thighs.
To start they brought 2 1/2 cups of chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan along with 2 tbs butter, when that came to a boil they added 1 1/2 cups jasmine rice, returned to a boil and then covered. That cooked on low for about 20 minutes.
For the chicken, they heated 2 tbs of canola oil in a large skillet, then added the cubed chicken, let the chicken cook for 2 minutes before touching it, then stir fry it until done. If the skillet isn't large enough you may need to do this in small batches. Remove the chicken to plate.
Add another tbs of oil to the pan, then add the peppers, garlic, and ginger, cook for about 3 minutes. Then add 2 tbs of soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar, 2 tbs oyster sauce( it called for fish sauce but I was unable to find it at any of our stores). Add the chicken back in and toss to coat. Then remove from heat add 1/2 cup chopped basil to wilt it, and the grated peel of 1 lime, and the juice from the lime. Garnish with 1/2 cup of chopped basil.
For dessert with Jake's direction Dakota made cream puffs with blueberry custard and a blueberry sauce, all from scratch. He did an amazing job!!!
After dinner we had a great time playing Monopoly Millionaire. Of course the 7 year old autistic kid (Zach) won...go figure.
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